Vehicle-wheel.



No. 849,525. I PATENTED APR. 9, 1907. E. 0. BARNES.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1906- W] [NVENTOR X/fofney i No. 849,525.

unrrnn STATES PATENT OFF OE.

EARL oLv'ER'B ARN s, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-WHEEL;

Specification of Letters Patent.-

. Patented 'April 9, 1907.

Application filed August 25, 190a.- swarm. 252, 06.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. EARL OLvnR BARNE a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in YehiOleWheels; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates .to-new anduseful improvements in vehicle-wheels, the'object of the invention being to provide a wheel ha ving a yielding rim, whereby vibrations may be taken up, and consists, essentially, of a series of spokes fixed at their inner ends to a hub and recessed at their outer ends to receive rods which have play within said recesses and fastened to the rim of the wheel, springs being provided which-bear between the outer rim and an inner fixed band, there by allowing the portion of the rim which comes in contact with an obstruction or rough surface to yield and afterward resume its normal position.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arran e ments of parts, which will be-hereinafter frilly described and then specifically defined in the ap ended claim.

- y invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which "Figure 1' is a sectional view through a V whee made in accordance with my invention,

D designates an inner rim or band which is fixed to the outer ends of the spokes and has apertures therein which are adapted to register with the recesses in the ends'of the spokes.

E designates an outer rim having aseries of apertures in its tread-surface adapted to receive the rods, to each of whichl a plate is fastened. Upon each rod is a knob K, which reinforces the connection between the rod .,and plate and serves, with assistance of rod C,

to prevent the outer part of the wheel from turning inside out when going around a curve at a high speed.

N N designate spiral springs which are placedone about each rod C and interposed between the outer and inner rims.

In order to keep sand, dust, or other foreign matter free from the springs, a flexible casing O is preferably placed about the springs and between the rims.

From the foregoin it will be noted that by the provision of a w ieel embodying the features of my invention a simple and ellicient means is afforded whereby the various parts.

of the wheel may yield when coming in contact with rough or uneven surfaces, thereby .taking up the vibration which would otherwise come upon the vehicle mounted upon the wheels.

What I claim is A' wheel. having a hub with' radiatingspokes, the outer end of each spoke-being widened and recessed, an inner rnn fastened tO the outer end of each spoke and provided with a shell, an outer rim having a series Of' apertures therein, a rod passing through the tworims and adapted to telescope within the recess in the end of a spoke, a knob fixed-to 'said rod and bearing against the inner surface of the outer rim, a spring interposed etween said knob and the inner run, and a second shell surrounding said knob and rod and telescoping within said first-mentioned shell,

as set forth.

In testimony whoreof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of 'two witnesses.

' EARL OLVER BARNES. Witnesses: I

' THOMAS FAY,

WILLIAM GODFREY. 

